On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > Jon: Are you saying that you'll turn on the TV and both buffers will be > empty, but then after you start "actively" watching (e.g., switching live TV > to a different channel, or playing back a recorded program), you'll > eventually notice that a buffer's been building up?
I turn on the TV, the buffer is empty and starts to fill from that moment on whatever channel is foreground. Haven't checked it thoroughly, but at least once, the background channel buffer remained empty until I did something to activate it (swap channels). > > Sounds more like a bug to me -- that is, the DVR stops keeping the buffer at > a certain point after its last activity; once you "wake it up" by doing > something, it starts keeping the buffer again. Started happening when Time Warner changed the OS to Navigator. If I could get anybody to talk to me about it (and boy, have I tried), I suspect they'd say "it's not a bug, it's a feature." > > As far as I know, TVs in general don't send any kind of signal over coaxial > cable (or any other possible video or audio connection) that could be used by > another device to indicate whether they're on or off. But I'll defer to > Kevin's brother on that. I was wondering about what Kevin said about the VCR knowing a protected DVD shouldn't be copied. Isn't that because the DVD has a code included in its audio or video signal? So it's not that the VCR is reaching out to the DVD player, but that the DVD player is sending out a block? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
